Blancs d'Espagne

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Blancs d'Espagne ("Spanish Whites") was a term used to refer to those legitimists in France who, following the death of the Comte de Chambord in 1883, supported the Spanish Carlist claimant rather than the Orleanist candidate, who was supported by the vast majority of French royalists.

The term was generally used by supporters of the Comte de Paris, the Orleanist candidate, as a term of derision for their ultra-legitimist opponents who so hated the House of Orléans that they would support a foreign prince over an Orleanist candidate. It is a pun on the cosmetic and cleanser known as blanc d'Espagne, originally a white lead pigment and later either basic bismuth nitrate[1] or a preparation made from chalk and clay.[2]

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Claimants or declared claimants

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Portrait Name from until Relationship with predecessor(s)
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Jean III24 August 188318 November 1887his great-great-grandfather was brother to great-great-great-grandfather of Count of Chambord
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Charles XI18 November 188718 July 1909oldest son
ThumbJacques I18 July 19092 October 1931only son
ThumbCharles XII2 October 193129 September 1936paternal uncle
ThumbAlphonse I29 September 193628 February 1941second cousin once removed (his great-grandfather was brother to grandfather of Alphonse I
ThumbHenri VI28 February 194120 March 1975oldest living son (second son)
ThumbAlphonse II20 March 197530 January 1989oldest son
ThumbLouis XX30 January 1989onwardsoldest living son (second son)
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